Assessment of the association between overweight/obesity and traumatic dental injury among Brazilian schoolchildren. / Assessment of the association between overweight/obesity and traumatic dental injury among Brazilian schoolchildren.
Acta odontol. latinoam
; Acta odontol. latinoam;27(1): 26-32, 2014.
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ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between overweight/obesity and the occurrence of traumatic dental injury among schoolchildren aged 7 to 14 years. A cross-sectional study was carried out involving 590 students at public schools in the city of Campina Grande, Brazil. The classification proposed by OBrien (1994) was used for the diagnosis of traumatic dental injury. Overweight/obesity was determined based on the body mass index. Clinical examinations were performed by two examiners who had undergone a calibration exercise (Kappa statistics of 0.87 and 0.90 for intra-examiner and inter-examiner, respectively). Data analysis involved the chi-square test and Fishers exact test with a 5
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Colección:
06-national
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AR
Base de datos:
BINACIS
Asunto principal:
Traumatismos de los Dientes
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Sobrepeso
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Obesidad
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Acta odontol. latinoam
Año:
2014
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Argentina